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I'm not aware of any geological evidence that needs to be trumped. I don't subscribe to multiple timeline sci-fi. There is but one reality and one past.
Another jab at a scientific discipline. At least you don't limit yourself to insulting biologists. Now it's geologists. Which field is next...astronomy?
I was not aware that geology relied upon multiple timeline sci-fi. How exactly do you believe geologists have become aware of multiple pasts.

And I'm curious - have they yet resolved any time travel paradox? I expect such would be a major impediment to investigations.

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I advocate honest efforts to reconcile solid history with new evidence. That which still doesn't fit, well maybe some more verification is in order as well.
Ah, to reconcile solid history with new evidence. To do that I guess solid history has to be established. Please provide me with the solid history and how you know it is solid history. Is it the Vedas? The Norse creation story perhaps? The Buddhist scripts?
How fortunate you should mention the Norse! Odin's ancestry has been traced from non-biblical sources to Gog and/or Magog, sons of Japheth. The following sites are not as well-organized as I'd like, and somewhat better could be done with references as well.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/pt4/pt405.htm
http://www.tribwatch.com/dane.htm
http://www.tribwatch.com/ladon.htm
http://radaractive.blogspot.com/2006/03/ancient-geneologies-support-bible-and.html
http://radaractive.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html
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http://cgca.net/coglinks/wcglit/hh_cmpndm2.txt

The internet isn't the best way to track down this kind of information. Unless you have some time, it'd be better to skip those links. A very good book, After the Flood, is a much better resource. The author researched the literature of Norse, Celtic, & others. Turns out several genealogies have been kept which converge on Noah & his sons.

I just found the online version of the book and haven't yet read it. I cannot recommend the physical version highly enough. I purchased extra copies myself for friends and family - can't say I've ever bought so many copies of any other book, except maybe the Bible. It's slow, somewhat difficult reading at first; but gets easier and more interesting as it goes.

Anyhow, the Hebrews aren't the only people who kept track of who their ancestors were.
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If you are saying that all these flood stories are indicative of a common flood affecting all mankind, then which one is the flood story from which all the others sprang?
Noah's, most likely.

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